Corner-shield.



No. 734,445. PATENTED JULY 21, 1903 v I P. A. STEVENS.

CORNER SHIELD- APPLICATION FILED mu. 7, 1903.

K0. MODEL.

Humuniii 14 1 T/VESSE INVENTOR Aztorney UNITED S A ES.

Patented iriny a'r, 1903.

OFFICE.

FRANK A. STEVENS, OF RANDoLR ,;NE;=w:-.o -RK, As sIGN R OF ONE-HALF TO OHARLES'E. sPooR, or GALETON, PENNSYLVANIA.

CORNER-SHIELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of l' etters Patent N 0. 734,445, dated July 21, 1903.

Application filed January '7, 1903. SerialNo. 138,l27. (No modelJ To albwhom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK A. STEVENS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Randolph, in the county of Oattaraugus and 5 State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corner-t Shields, of which thefollowing is a specification.

1o cabinet-wrk and analogous articles, and has for its object to provide a cheap, simple,and'

practical device of this character serviceable wherever a protector or guard is desirable for the shielding or protection of cabinet work of.

various kinds exposed to wear or damage at the corners thereof. In this connection the invention possesses special utility as a cor will be hereinafter more fully described ill ustrated, and claimed. 7

The essential feature of the'invention involved in the specific formation of the shield is susceptible to some modification without departing from the spirit of the invention; but the preferred embodiment of the latter is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a cornershield shown in its {applied position to a seatcorner. Fig. 2 is a view of the shield detached. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of the blank from which the shield is formed.

Likenumerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In carryingout the invention the shield is designedto be made of a single blank or piece of materialof sufficient pliability to permit of the ready adaptation of the same to corners of slightly-varying size or angularity;

but preferably the shield as an entirety is This invention relates to corner-shields for so as tO'fb? readily adapted to corners of metal possessing some pliability or spring, while at the same time of sufficient weight to provide a durable and solid shield for effectually protecting the corner to which it may be applied. The blank or plate 1 from which the 5 5 shield is constructed is in plan of an. approximate triangular form, but in detail essentially consists of a body provided with the oppositely-located approximately rectangular flat attaching arm members 2, provided with fastoner-holes 3,- and at a point centrally between the outer ends of the attaching arm members 2 the body-plate is provided in one edge thereof with an angular notch or gore 4:, producing the oblique inner edges 5. At the edge opposite the central notch or gore 4 the body-plate is formed with an integral widened ofiset lobe 6 of triangular form with a rounded apex 7 and provided with fastener-holes 8. The said lobe constitutes the protective apron of the shield. The blank form constructed as described is folded to bring the inner oblique edges 5 in overlapping relation, whereby theseparate arms or arm members 2 are disposedin angular relation, usually at right angles. In the folded conditionthe protective lobe or apron 6 is bent or curved on a ,central line and is projected or deflected frorn'the arms'orarm members 2 at substantially right angles thereto, thus adapting the apron toextend about and along the corner of a car seat or analogous object, while the arms 2 rest fiat upon the surface at right angles 'tothe portion aboutwhich the apron extends. The holes 3 and 8 are designed to receive screws or equivalent fasteners for holding the shield in place. The overlappingirelation of the oblique inner edges 5 permits of the parts of the shield being readily sprung in ,and out 'to'properly adapt it to a particularcorner, v

From the foregoing itisthOught that the construction, use, and advantages of the herein-described shieldwill be' rea dilygapparent without further description.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

A corner-shield of the class described comsisting of a blank provided with angu1arlyarms at substantial right angles thereto, sulfirelated flat attaching-arms, a central notch stantially as set forth. IO or gore in one edge thereof at an intermedi- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature ate point to permit the inner edges of the in presence of two Witnesses.

arms to loosely and slidably overlap for ad- FRANK A. STEVENS.

j ustment purposes, said blank being further \Vitnesses:

provided with an integral triangular widened NELSON L. ALLEN,

lobe deflectedintegrally'fronl one edge of the WAYNE R. CARTRIGHT. 

